Lee-Ann Sutherland
Prof Lee-Ann Sutherland is Director of the James Hutton Institute's new flagship, the International Land Use Study Centre. The new centre reflects the Institute's a vision for inclusive, open science that engages the public, stakeholder groups and scientists with a wide range of expertise in tackling the urgent problems of our time: climate change, food and water security, biodiversity preservation and One Health.
Prof Sutherland is also a Research Leader working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group. Raised on a family farm in Canada, she is an interdisciplinary social scientist with a background European agrarian development, human-environment relations, and farm-level decision-making. She is perhaps best known for her work in developing the ‘Triggering Change’ model of farmer decision-making. Her current research on recreational approaches to farming engagement (both for non-commercial farmers and on-line gamers) is a progression of her research on land manager relationships with the agri-environment. Lee-Ann is also leading research on hobby farming, gentrification of agriculture and agricultural knowledge and innovation systems, and has recently pioneered the concept of the ‘deskchair countryside’ (people who engage with rural life primarily through their computers) within the rural studies literature.
Prof Sutherland coordinated the European Commission-funded H2020 PLAID project (Peer to Peer Learning: Accessing Innovation through Demonstration) (2017-2019) and FP7 FarmPath project (Farming Transitions: Pathways towards regional sustainability of agriculture in Europe) (2010-2014). She also leads the Hutton team on the H2020 RoadMap project, as well as for several Scottish Government funded streams of work, including
EPIC (Scottish Government's Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks). Lee-Ann has a strong interest in social justice issues in the agricultural sector, and was appointed to the Scottish Government's Women in Agriculture Task Force from 2017 to 2019. She was the coordinating expert for the EIP Agri Focus Group on New Entrants to Farming (2015-2016) and participated in the European Parliaments' Review of New Entrant Supports in 2017.
Prof Sutherland was elected to the the European Society for Rural Sociology Executive Committee (2013 to 2018), and chaired the local organising committee for the ESRS congress in Aberdeen (2015). She is on the Editorial Board of Land Use Policy, The Journal of Rural Studies, and Sociologia Ruralis. She has published over 60 peer reviewed journal articles, two academic books and over 100 research reports.
Current research interests
Principle Investigator: H2020 RoadMap: Rethinking the use of antimicrobials in livestock production systems (2019 - 2023) European Commission.
Principle Investigator: Co-designing and implementing best-fit farming practices (2022 - 2027) Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme
Co-Investigator: Supporting Scotland’s Land Use Transformations (2022-2027) Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme
Co-Investigator: Scottish Government Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks (2022-2027)
Past research
- H2020 AgriLink: Agricultural Knowledge: Linking farmers, advisors and researchers to boost innovation (2017-2021)
- H2020 NEWBIE: New Entrant Network: Business Models for innovation, resilience and entrepreneurship in European Agriculture (2017-2021)
- H2020 PLAID: Peer to Peer Learning: Accessing Innovation through Demonstration. (2017-2019)
- Women in Farming and the Agriculture Sector. Scottish Government. (2016-2017)
- H2020 SALSA: Small farms, small food businesses and food security. European Commission-funded H2020 project (2016-2020).
- EIP Agri Focus Group: New entrants to farming. Lessons to foster innovation and entrepreneurship. (2015-2016)
- PRO AKIS: Prospects for Farmers' Support: Advisory Services in European AKIS (2012-2015). EC FP7 project. (proakis.hutton.ac.uk)
- FarmPath: Farming Transitions: Pathways towards regional sustainability of agriculture in Europe (2011 to 2014). EC FP7 project. (farmpath.hutton.ac.uk).
- GILDED: Governance, Infrastructure, Lifestyle Dynamics and Energy Demand: European Post-Carbon Communities: EC Framework 7 Project (2008 to 2012).
- RELU SCALE: Rural Economy and Land Use Programme project – The Effects of Scale in Organic Agriculture (2006 to 2010).
Bibliography
- Sutherland, L-A.; Marchand, F. (In press) On-farm demonstration: Enabling peer-to-peer learning., Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension.
- Sutherland, L-A. (In press) Horsification: embodied gentrification in rural landscapes., Geoforum.
- Sutherland, L-A. (In press) Two good interview questions: Mobilising the 'good farmer' and the 'good day' concepts to enable more-than-representational research., Sociologia Ruralis.
- Forney, J.; Sutherland, L-A. (In press) Identities on the family farm: agrarianism, materiality and the ‘good farmer’., In: James, H.S. (ed). Handbook on the Human Impact of Agriculture. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.
- Sutherland, L.; Labarthe, P. (2022) Should ‘Impartial’ Advice be a Priority of European Agricultural and Rural Policies, Eurochoices, 21, 15-22.
- Sutherland, L.; Madureira, L.; Elzen, B.; Noble, C.; Bechtet, N.; Townsend, L.; Zarokosta, E.; Triboulet, P. (2022) What can we learn from droppers and non-adopters about the role of advice in agricultural innovation?, Eurochoices, 21, 40-49
- Sutherland, L-A.; Adamsone-Fiskovica, A.; Elzen, B.; Koutsouris, A.; Laurent, C.; Stræte, E.P.; Labarthe, P. (2022) Advancing AKIS with assemblage theory., Journal of Rural Studies, 97, pp. 57-69
- Barnes, A. P.; MacMillan, J.; Sutherland, L-A.; Hopkins, J.; Thomson, S. G. (2021) Farmer intentional pathways for net zero carbon: exploring the lock-in effects of agro-forestry and renewables, Land Use Policy, 112, Art. 105861
- Sutherland, L-A.; Burton, R.J.F.; Adamson-Fiskovica, A.; Hardy, C.; Elzen, B.; Debruyne, L.; Flanigan, S. (2021) Inclusivity of on-farm demonstration: gender, age and geographic location., The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 591-613.
- McKee, A.; Sutherland, L. (2021) Why land ownership matters Land ownership, land reform and new entrant access to land in Scotland , Conference presentation at Royal Geographical Society Conference - Session: Value/s, space and place in geography.
- McKee, A.; Sutherland, L. (2021) The Changing Role of Women in Farming, Crofting, and the Agricultural Industry 20162021, Report published online and circulated to Scottish Government policy team (briefing to Cabinet Secretary).
- Hopkins, J.; Thomson, S.; Miller, D.G.; Sutherland, L-A.; Barlagne, C.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Barnes, A.; McMillan, J. (2021) How often does intended farm management behaviour match ‘actual’ behaviour? Insights for thirteen farm activities (2013-18)., Farmer Intentions Survey Briefing Note, March 2021, 8pp.
- Barlagne, C.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland, L.A.; Barnes, A.; MacMillan, J.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, M. (2021) Scottish farms, internet access and social media. Farmer intentions survey briefing note, March 2021 , RESAS Policy Briefing, Farmer Intentions Survey, March 2021, 10pp.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Calo, A. (2020) Assemblage and the 'good farmer': New entrants to crofting in Scotland., Journal of Rural Studies, 80, 532-542.
- Zmija, K.; Fortes, A.; Tia, M.N.; Sumane, S.; Ayambila, S.N.; Zmija, D.; Satola, L.; Sutherland, L-A. (2020) Small farming and generational renewal in the context of food security challenges., Global Food Security, 26, Article No. 100412.
- Sutherland, L-A. (2020) The ‘desk-chair countryside’: affect, authenticity and the rural idyll in a farming computer game., Journal of Rural Studies, 78, 350-363.
- Sutherland, L.-A.; Calo, A. (2020) Assemblage and the ‘good farmer’: New entrants to crofting in Scotland, Journal of Rural Studies,80, pp. 532-542
- Sutherland, L-A. (2020) Virtualizing the "good life": reworking narratives of agrarianism and the rural idyll in a computer game., Agriculture and Human Values, 37, 1155-1173.
- Shortall, S.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L.A. (2020) The performance of occupational closure: the case of agriculture and gender., Sociologia Ruralis, 60, 40-57.
- Zagata, L.; Sutherland, L-A.; Hrabak, J.; Lostak, M. (2020) Mobilising the past: Towards a conceptualisation of retro-innovation., Sociologia Ruralis, 60, 639-660.
- Sutherland, L-A. (2020) Finding ‘hobby’ farmers: a" parish study" methodology for qualitative research., Sociologia Ruralis, 60, 129-150.
- Kyle, C.E.; Sutherland, L.A. (2020) Understanding backyard poultry keepers and their perspectives on bird flu 2020., EPIC Webpages, Policy Brief, Survey Report,1 August 2021.
- McMillan, J.; Barnes, A.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, S.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland L-A.; Wardell-Johnson, D. (2020) Farmer responses to Brexit: Intentions to deliver more 'public goods for public money'., 2018 Farmers’ Intention Survey: SEFARI Briefing Note 2, October 2019, 7pp.
- McMillan, J.; Barnes, A.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, S.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland L-A.; Wardell-Johnson, D. (2020) Farmer intentions survey: Regional dimensions to change., 2018 Farmers’ Intention Survey, SEFARI Briefing Note 3, January 2020, 7pp.
- Barnes, A.; MacMillan, J.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, M.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland L-A.; Matthews, K.B. (2020) Farmer responses to Brexit: an examination of different outlooks to Brexit., SEFARI Briefing Note, 6pp.
- Barnes, A.; MacMillan, J.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, M.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland L-A.; Matthews, K.B. (2020) Farmer responses to Brexit: attitudes towards risk in Scottish farming., SEFARI Briefing Note, 6pp.
- Blackstock, K.L.; Calo, A.; Currie, M.; Dinnie, L.; Eastwood, A.; MacLeod, K.; Matthews, K.B.; McKee, A.; Miller, D.R.; Nijnik, M.; Sutherland, L.A.; Waylen, K.A. (2020) Issues arising from SLC’s Interim Report on Regional Land Use Partnerships - Evidence from the Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme 2016-2021., Scottish Land Commission, Advice to Scottish Government on Regional Land Use Partnership, Appendix 3, 33pp.
- Kyle, C.E.; Sutherland, L-A. (2020) Understanding backyard poultry keepers and their perspectives on bird flu., Survey Report on EPIC Website, August 2020, 12 pp.
- Hopkins, J.; Sutherland, L-A.; Calo, A.; Barlagne, C.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Barnes, A.; Thomson, S.; McMillan, J.; Spencer, M. (2020) New entrants: their potential contribution to farming in Scotland by 2023., Farmer Intentions Survey Briefing Note, March 2020, 8pp.
- Barlagne, C.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland, L.A.; Wardell Johnson, D.; Barnes, A.; Thompson, S.; McMillan, J.; Spencer, M. (2020) Diversification on Scottish farms: attitudes and future plans., Report o RESAS, Deliverable 242.02iib.
- Burton, R.; Forney, J.; Stock, P.; Sutherland, L-A. (2020) The good farmer. Culture and identity in food and agriculture., Routledge, London, 196pp.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Barlagne, C.; Barnes, A.P. (2019) Beyond hobby farming: towards a typology of non-commercial farming., Agriculture and Human Values, 36, 475-493.
- Shortall, S.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L-A. (2019) Why do farm accidents persist? Normalising danger on the farm within the farm family., Sociology of Health and Illness, 41, 470-483.
- Sutherland, L.-A. (2019) Agriculture and inequalities: Gentrification in a Scottish parish., Journal of Rural Studies, 68, 240-250.
- Barnes, A.; McMillan, J.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, M.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland, L-A.; Matthews, K.B. (2019) Farmer responses to Brexit: adoption of risk management behaviours., 2018 Farmers’ Intention Survey, SEFARI Briefing Note 1, July 2019, 6pp.
- Ellis, R.; Burns, V.; Sutherland, L.A.; Duckett, D.; Hopkins, J.; Kyle, C. (2019) The governance of small farms and small food businesses to support food and nutritional security., Report to European Commission 2019, 56pp.
- Toma, L.; Barnes, A.P.; Sutherland, L.A.; Thomson, S.; Burnett, F.; Mathews, K.B. (2018) Impact of information transfer on farmers' uptake of innovative crop technologies: a structural equation model applied to survey data., Journal of Technology Transfer, 43, 864-881.
- Guiomar, N.; Godinho, S.; Pinto-Correia, T.; Almeida, M.; Bartolini, F.; Bezak, P.; Biro, M.; Bjorkhaug, H.; Bojnec, S.; Brunori, G.; Corazzin, M.; Czekaj, M.; Davidova, S.; Kania, J.; Kristensen, S.; Marraccini, E.; Molnar, Z.; Niedermayr, J.; O'Rourke, E.; Ortiz-Miranda, D.; Redman, M.; Sipilainen, T.; Soovali-Sepping, H.; Sumane, S.; Surova, D.; Sutherland, L.A.; Tcherkezova, E.; Tisenkopfs, T.; Tsiligiridis, T.; Tudor, M.M.; Wagner, K.; Wastfelt, A. (2018) Typology and distribution of small farms in Europe: Towards a better picture., Land Use Policy, 75, 784-798.
- Shortall, O.; Sutherland, L-A.; Ruston, A.; Kaler, J. (2018) True cowmen and commercial farmers: Exploring vets’ and dairy farmers’ contrasting views of "good farming" in relation to biosecurity., Sociologia Ruralis, 58, 583-603.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Huttunen, S. (2018) Linking practices of multifunctional forestry to policy objectives: case studies in Finland and the UK., Forest Policy and Economics, 86, 35-44.
- Sutherland, L.; Labarthe, P. (2022) Should ‘Impartial’ Advice be a Priority of European Agricultural and Rural Policies, Eurochoices, 21, 15-22.
- Sutherland, L.; Madureira, L.; Elzen, B.; Noble, C.; Bechtet, N.; Townsend, L.; Zarokosta, E.; Triboulet, P. (2022) What can we learn from droppers and non-adopters about the role of advice in agricultural innovation?, Eurochoices, 21, 40-49
- Sutherland, L-A.; Adamsone-Fiskovica, A.; Elzen, B.; Koutsouris, A.; Laurent, C.; Stræte, E.P.; Labarthe, P. (2022) Advancing AKIS with assemblage theory., Journal of Rural Studies, 97, pp. 57-69
- Barnes, A. P.; MacMillan, J.; Sutherland, L-A.; Hopkins, J.; Thomson, S. G. (2021) Farmer intentional pathways for net zero carbon: exploring the lock-in effects of agro-forestry and renewables, Land Use Policy, 112, Art. 105861
- Sutherland, L-A.; Burton, R.J.F.; Adamson-Fiskovica, A.; Hardy, C.; Elzen, B.; Debruyne, L.; Flanigan, S. (2021) Inclusivity of on-farm demonstration: gender, age and geographic location., The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 591-613.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Calo, A. (2020) Assemblage and the 'good farmer': New entrants to crofting in Scotland., Journal of Rural Studies, 80, 532-542.
- Zmija, K.; Fortes, A.; Tia, M.N.; Sumane, S.; Ayambila, S.N.; Zmija, D.; Satola, L.; Sutherland, L-A. (2020) Small farming and generational renewal in the context of food security challenges., Global Food Security, 26, Article No. 100412.
- Sutherland, L-A. (2020) The ‘desk-chair countryside’: affect, authenticity and the rural idyll in a farming computer game., Journal of Rural Studies, 78, 350-363.
- Sutherland, L.-A.; Calo, A. (2020) Assemblage and the ‘good farmer’: New entrants to crofting in Scotland, Journal of Rural Studies,80, pp. 532-542
- Sutherland, L-A. (2020) Virtualizing the "good life": reworking narratives of agrarianism and the rural idyll in a computer game., Agriculture and Human Values, 37, 1155-1173.
- Shortall, S.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L.A. (2020) The performance of occupational closure: the case of agriculture and gender., Sociologia Ruralis, 60, 40-57.
- Zagata, L.; Sutherland, L-A.; Hrabak, J.; Lostak, M. (2020) Mobilising the past: Towards a conceptualisation of retro-innovation., Sociologia Ruralis, 60, 639-660.
- Sutherland, L-A. (2020) Finding ‘hobby’ farmers: a" parish study" methodology for qualitative research., Sociologia Ruralis, 60, 129-150.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Barlagne, C.; Barnes, A.P. (2019) Beyond hobby farming: towards a typology of non-commercial farming., Agriculture and Human Values, 36, 475-493.
- Shortall, S.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L-A. (2019) Why do farm accidents persist? Normalising danger on the farm within the farm family., Sociology of Health and Illness, 41, 470-483.
- Sutherland, L.-A. (2019) Agriculture and inequalities: Gentrification in a Scottish parish., Journal of Rural Studies, 68, 240-250.
- Toma, L.; Barnes, A.P.; Sutherland, L.A.; Thomson, S.; Burnett, F.; Mathews, K.B. (2018) Impact of information transfer on farmers' uptake of innovative crop technologies: a structural equation model applied to survey data., Journal of Technology Transfer, 43, 864-881.
- Guiomar, N.; Godinho, S.; Pinto-Correia, T.; Almeida, M.; Bartolini, F.; Bezak, P.; Biro, M.; Bjorkhaug, H.; Bojnec, S.; Brunori, G.; Corazzin, M.; Czekaj, M.; Davidova, S.; Kania, J.; Kristensen, S.; Marraccini, E.; Molnar, Z.; Niedermayr, J.; O'Rourke, E.; Ortiz-Miranda, D.; Redman, M.; Sipilainen, T.; Soovali-Sepping, H.; Sumane, S.; Surova, D.; Sutherland, L.A.; Tcherkezova, E.; Tisenkopfs, T.; Tsiligiridis, T.; Tudor, M.M.; Wagner, K.; Wastfelt, A. (2018) Typology and distribution of small farms in Europe: Towards a better picture., Land Use Policy, 75, 784-798.
- Shortall, O.; Sutherland, L-A.; Ruston, A.; Kaler, J. (2018) True cowmen and commercial farmers: Exploring vets’ and dairy farmers’ contrasting views of "good farming" in relation to biosecurity., Sociologia Ruralis, 58, 583-603.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Huttunen, S. (2018) Linking practices of multifunctional forestry to policy objectives: case studies in Finland and the UK., Forest Policy and Economics, 86, 35-44.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Hopkins, J.; Toma, L.; Barnes, A.; Matthews, K.B. (2017) Adaptation, resilience and CAP reform: a comparison of crofts and livestock farms in Scotland., Scottish Geographical Journal, 133, 192-213.
- Duckett, D.; McKee, A.J.; Sutherland, L-A.; Kyle, C.; Boden, L.A.; Auty, H.; Bessel, P.R.; McKendrick, I.J. (2017) Scenario planning as communicative action: lessons from participatory exercises conducted for the Scottish livestock industry., Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 114, 138-151.
- Ge, J.; Sutherland, L.A.; Polhill, J.G.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Wardell-Johnson, D. (2017) Exploring factors affecting on-farm renewable energy adoption in Scotland using large-scale microdata., Energy Policy, 107, 548-560.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Costa Madureira, L.; Dirimanova, V.; Bogusz, M.; Kania, J.; Vinohradnik, K.; Creaney, C.; Duckett, D.; Koehnen, T.; Knierim, K. (2017) New knowledge networks of small-scale farmers in Europe’s periphery., Land Use Policy, 63, 428-439.
- Holstead, K.L.; Galan-Diaz, C.; Sutherland, L.A. (2017) Discourses of on-farm wind energy generation in the UK farming press., Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 19, 391-407.
- Hopkins, J.; Sutherland, L.A.; Ehlers, M.; Matthews, K.B.; Barnes, A.; Toma, L. (2017) Scottish farmers' intentions to afforest land in the context of farm diversification., Forest Policy and Economics, 78, 122-132.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Toma, L.; Barnes, A.P.; Matthews, K.B.; Hopkins, J. (2016) Agri-environmental diversification:linking environmental, forestry and renewable energy engagement on Scottish farms., Journal of Rural Studies, 47, 10-20.
- Ehlers, M.H.; Sutherland, L.A. (2016) Patterns of attention to renewable energy in the British farming press from 1980 to 2013., Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 54, 959-973.
- Flanigan, S.; Sutherland, L-A. (2016) Buying access to social capital? From collaboration to service provision in an agricultural co-operative., Sociologia Ruralis, 56, 471-490.
- Barnes, A.; Sutherland, L.A.; Toma, L.; Matthews, K.B.; Thomson, S. (2016) The effect of the Common Agricultural Policy Reforms on intentions towards food production: evidence from livestock farmers., Land Use Policy, 50, 548-558.
- Boden, L.A.; Auty, H.; Bessell, P.; Duckett, D.; Liu, J.; Kyle, C.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L.A.; Reynolds, J.; Bronsvoort, B.M.D.; McKendrick, I.J. (2015) Scenario planning: The future of the cattle and sheep industries in Scotland and their resiliency to disease., Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 121, 353-364.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Peter, S.; Zagata, L. (2015) Conceptualising multi-regime interactions: the role of the agriculture sector in renewable energy transitions., Research Policy, 44, 1543-1554.
- Mamonova, N.; Sutherland, L-A. (2015) Rural gentrification in Russia: Renegotiating identity, alternative food production and social tensions in the countryside., Journal of Rural Studies, 42, 154-165.
- Zagata, L.; Sutherland, L.A. (2015) Deconstructing the 'young farmer problem in Europe': towards a research agenda., Journal of Rural Studies, 38, 39-51.
- Aitkenhead, M.J.; Donnelly, D.; Sutherland, L.A.; Miller, D.G.; Coull, M.C.; Black, H.I.J. (2015) Predicting Scottish topsoil organic matter content from colour and environmental factors., European Journal of Soil Science, 66, 112-120.
- Sutherland, LA.; Holstead, K.L. (2014) Future-proofing the farm: On-farm wind turbine development in farm business decision-making., Land Use Policy, 36, 102-112.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2014) Beyond crofting: Assessing change on Scotland's small-scale holdings., Scottish Geographical Journal, 130, 223-242.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Mills, J.; Ingram, J.; Burton, R.J.F.; Dwyer, J.; Blackstock, K.L. (2013) Considering the source: Commercialisation and trust in agri-environmental information and advisory services in England., Journal of Environmental Management, 118, 96-205.
- Sutherland, L.A. (2013) Can Organic Farmers Be 'Good Farmers'? Adding the 'taste of necessity' to the conventionalization debate., Agriculture and Human Values, 30, 429-441.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Burton, R.J.F.; Ingram, J.; Blackstock, K.L.; Slee, B.; Gotts, N. (2012) Triggering change: towards a conceptualisation of major change processes in farm decision-making., Journal of Environmental Management, 104, 142-151.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Huttunen, S. (2018) Linking practices of multifunctional forestry to policy objectives: case studies in Finland and the UK., Forest Policy and Economics, 86, 35-44.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Hopkins, J.; Toma, L.; Barnes, A.; Matthews, K.B. (2017) Adaptation, resilience and CAP reform: a comparison of crofts and livestock farms in Scotland., Scottish Geographical Journal, 133, 192-213.
- Duckett, D.; McKee, A.J.; Sutherland, L-A.; Kyle, C.; Boden, L.A.; Auty, H.; Bessel, P.R.; McKendrick, I.J. (2017) Scenario planning as communicative action: lessons from participatory exercises conducted for the Scottish livestock industry., Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 114, 138-151.
- Holstead, K.L.; Galan-Diaz, C.; Sutherland, L.A. (2017) Discourses of on-farm wind energy generation in the UK farming press., Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 19, 391-407.
- Ehlers, M.H.; Sutherland, L.A. (2016) Patterns of attention to renewable energy in the British farming press from 1980 to 2013., Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 54, 959-973.
- Flanigan, S.; Sutherland, L-A. (2016) Buying access to social capital? From collaboration to service provision in an agricultural co-operative., Sociologia Ruralis, 56, 471-490.
- Barnes, A.; Sutherland, L.A.; Toma, L.; Matthews, K.B.; Thomson, S. (2016) The effect of the Common Agricultural Policy Reforms on intentions towards food production: evidence from livestock farmers., Land Use Policy, 50, 548-558.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Peter, S.; Zagata, L. (2015) Conceptualising multi-regime interactions: the role of the agriculture sector in renewable energy transitions., Research Policy, 44, 1543-1554.
- Mamonova, N.; Sutherland, L-A. (2015) Rural gentrification in Russia: Renegotiating identity, alternative food production and social tensions in the countryside., Journal of Rural Studies, 42, 154-165.
- Zagata, L.; Sutherland, L.A. (2015) Deconstructing the 'young farmer problem in Europe': towards a research agenda., Journal of Rural Studies, 38, 39-51.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Mills, J.; Ingram, J.; Burton, R.J.F.; Dwyer, J.; Blackstock, K.L. (2013) Considering the source: Commercialisation and trust in agri-environmental information and advisory services in England., Journal of Environmental Management, 118, 96-205.
- Sutherland, L.A. (2013) Can Organic Farmers Be 'Good Farmers'? Adding the 'taste of necessity' to the conventionalization debate., Agriculture and Human Values, 30, 429-441.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Burton, R.J.F.; Ingram, J.; Blackstock, K.L.; Slee, B.; Gotts, N. (2012) Triggering change: towards a conceptualisation of major change processes in farm decision-making., Journal of Environmental Management, 104, 142-151.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Darnhofer, I. (2012) Of organic farmers and "good farmers": changing habitus in rural England., Journal of Rural Studies, 28, 232-240.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Gabriel, D.; Hathaway-Jenkins, L.; Pascual, U.; Schmutz, U.; Rigby, D.; Godwin, R.; Sait, S.; Sakrabani, R.; Kunin, B.; Benton, T.G.; Stagl, S. (2012) The 'neighbourhood effect': a multidisciplinary assessment of the case for farmer co-ordination in agri-environmental programmes., Land Use Policy, 29, 502-512.
- Small, L.A. (2005) The influence of "family" on agrarian structure: revisiting the family farm debate in Bulgaria and Southern Russia., Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 36, 497-503.
- Small, L.A. (2004) The opportunity of subsistence-style agriculture: A livelihoods perspective on agrarian change in Central and Eastern Europe., Land-Berichte, 7, 38-57.(In German)
- Small, L.A. (2003) The opportunity of subsistence-style agriculture: A livelihoods perspective on agrarian change in Central and Eastern Europe., Eastern European Countryside, October, pp45-62.
- Small, L.A. (2002) Social capital for development: What does it mean when there isn't any?, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 13, 7-25.
- Burton, R.; Forney, J.; Stock, P.; Sutherland, L-A. (2020) The good farmer. Culture and identity in food and agriculture., Routledge, London, 196pp.
- Roberts, D.; Torrance, L.; Stirton, G.; Britton, A.J.; Craig, C.; Kyle, C-A.; Abel, C.; Macaulay, C.; Fielding, D.; Watson, H.; Pohle, I.; Robertson, J.; Maxwell, J.; Irvine, K.; Sutherland, L-A.; Dawson, L.A.; Shepherd, L.; Miller, P.; Ellis, R.; Richards, S.; Blok, V.; Hackett, C.; Kettle, H. (2018) Women in Science., The James Hutton Institute, 25pp.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Darnhofer, I.; Wilson, G.A.; Zagata, L. (2015) Transition pathways towards sustainability in agriculture: case studies from Europe., In: Sutherland, L.-A., Darnhofer, I., Wilson G. A. & Zagata, L. (eds.). Transition Pathways towards Sustainability in Agriculture: Case Studies from Europe. CABI, Wallingford, Chapter 1-14, ppxiii-229.
- Darnhofer, I.; Sutherland, L.A.; Pinto-Correia, T. (2015) Conceptual insights derived from case studies on 'emerging transitions' in farming., In: Sutherland, L.-A., Darnhofer, I., Wilson G. A. & Zagata, L. (eds.). Transition Pathways towards Sustainability in Agriculture: Case Studies from Europe. CABI, Wallingford, Chapter 13, pp189-204.
- Sutherland, L.-A.; Wilson, G.A.; Zagata, L. (2015) Introduction., In: Sutherland, L-A., Darnhofer, I., Wilson G. A. & Zagata, L. (eds.). Transition Pathways towards Sustainability in Agriculture: Case Studies from Europe. CABI, Wallingford, Chapter 1, pp1-16.
- Karanikolas, P.; Viahos, G.; Sutherland, L.-A. (2015) Utilising the multi-level perspective in empirical field research: methodological considerations., In: Sutherland, L-A., Darnhofer, I., Wilson G. A. & Zagata, L. (eds.). Transition Pathways towards Sustainability in Agriculture: Case Studies from Europe. CABI, Wallingford, Chapter 4, pp51-66.
- Sutherland, L. A.; Zagata, L.; Wilson, G. (2015) Conclusions., In: Sutherland, L-A., Darnhofer, I., Wilson G. A. & Zagata, L. (eds.). Transition Pathways towards Sustainability in Agriculture: Case Studies from Europe. CABI, Wallingford, Chapter 14, pp205-214.
- Pinto-Correia, T.; Gonzalez, C.; Sutherland, L.-A.; Peneva, M. (2015) Lifestyle farming: countryside consumption and transition towards new farming models., In: Sutherland, L-A., Darnhofer, I., Wilson G. A. & Zagata, L. (eds.). Transition Pathways towards Sustainability in Agriculture: Case Studies from Europe. CABI, Wallingford, Chapter 5, pp67-82.
- Sutherland, L.-A.; Peter, S.; Zagata, L. (2015) On-farm renewable energy: a "classic case" of technological transition., In: Sutherland, L-A., Darnhofer, I., Wilson G. A. & Zagata, L. (eds.). Transition Pathways towards Sustainability in Agriculture: Case Studies from Europe. CABI, Wallingford, Chapter 9, pp127-142.
- McKee, A.; Sutherland, L. (2021) The Changing Role of Women in Farming, Crofting, and the Agricultural Industry 20162021, Report published online and circulated to Scottish Government policy team (briefing to Cabinet Secretary).
- Hopkins, J.; Thomson, S.; Miller, D.G.; Sutherland, L-A.; Barlagne, C.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Barnes, A.; McMillan, J. (2021) How often does intended farm management behaviour match ‘actual’ behaviour? Insights for thirteen farm activities (2013-18)., Farmer Intentions Survey Briefing Note, March 2021, 8pp.
- Barlagne, C.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland, L.A.; Barnes, A.; MacMillan, J.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, M. (2021) Scottish farms, internet access and social media. Farmer intentions survey briefing note, March 2021 , RESAS Policy Briefing, Farmer Intentions Survey, March 2021, 10pp.
- Kyle, C.E.; Sutherland, L.A. (2020) Understanding backyard poultry keepers and their perspectives on bird flu 2020., EPIC Webpages, Policy Brief, Survey Report,1 August 2021.
- McMillan, J.; Barnes, A.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, S.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland L-A.; Wardell-Johnson, D. (2020) Farmer responses to Brexit: Intentions to deliver more 'public goods for public money'., 2018 Farmers’ Intention Survey: SEFARI Briefing Note 2, October 2019, 7pp.
- McMillan, J.; Barnes, A.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, S.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland L-A.; Wardell-Johnson, D. (2020) Farmer intentions survey: Regional dimensions to change., 2018 Farmers’ Intention Survey, SEFARI Briefing Note 3, January 2020, 7pp.
- Barnes, A.; MacMillan, J.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, M.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland L-A.; Matthews, K.B. (2020) Farmer responses to Brexit: an examination of different outlooks to Brexit., SEFARI Briefing Note, 6pp.
- Barnes, A.; MacMillan, J.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, M.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland L-A.; Matthews, K.B. (2020) Farmer responses to Brexit: attitudes towards risk in Scottish farming., SEFARI Briefing Note, 6pp.
- Blackstock, K.L.; Calo, A.; Currie, M.; Dinnie, L.; Eastwood, A.; MacLeod, K.; Matthews, K.B.; McKee, A.; Miller, D.R.; Nijnik, M.; Sutherland, L.A.; Waylen, K.A. (2020) Issues arising from SLC’s Interim Report on Regional Land Use Partnerships - Evidence from the Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme 2016-2021., Scottish Land Commission, Advice to Scottish Government on Regional Land Use Partnership, Appendix 3, 33pp.
- Kyle, C.E.; Sutherland, L-A. (2020) Understanding backyard poultry keepers and their perspectives on bird flu., Survey Report on EPIC Website, August 2020, 12 pp.
- Hopkins, J.; Sutherland, L-A.; Calo, A.; Barlagne, C.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Barnes, A.; Thomson, S.; McMillan, J.; Spencer, M. (2020) New entrants: their potential contribution to farming in Scotland by 2023., Farmer Intentions Survey Briefing Note, March 2020, 8pp.
- Barlagne, C.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland, L.A.; Wardell Johnson, D.; Barnes, A.; Thompson, S.; McMillan, J.; Spencer, M. (2020) Diversification on Scottish farms: attitudes and future plans., Report o RESAS, Deliverable 242.02iib.
- Barnes, A.; McMillan, J.; Thomson, S.; Spencer, M.; Hopkins, J.; Sutherland, L-A.; Matthews, K.B. (2019) Farmer responses to Brexit: adoption of risk management behaviours., 2018 Farmers’ Intention Survey, SEFARI Briefing Note 1, July 2019, 6pp.
- Ellis, R.; Burns, V.; Sutherland, L.A.; Duckett, D.; Hopkins, J.; Kyle, C. (2019) The governance of small farms and small food businesses to support food and nutritional security., Report to European Commission 2019, 56pp.
- Sutherland, L-A.; Flanigan, S.; Brinks, H.; Kleshcheva, E.; Micheloni, C. (2018) WP3 Synthesis Report with supra-regional summaries., PLAID, EU Deliverable Report 3.4, Month 19, 32pp.
- McKee, A.; Sutherland, L-A.; Triste, L., Moschitz, H.; Marchand, F. (2018) NEFERTITI Conceptual Framework: Concepts and key factors for successful network establishment., Internal Project Publication (via collaborative platform).
- McKee, A.J.; Sutherland, L.; Hopkins, J.; Flanigan, S.; Rickett, A. (2018) Increasing the availability of farmland for new entrants to agriculture in Scotland., Final Report to the Scottish Land Commission, 76pp.
- Kyle, C.; Sutherland, L.A. (2018) Understanding backyard poultry keepers and their attitudes to biosecurity., Report published on EPIC website.
- Zagata, L.; Hrabak, J.; Lostak, M.; Ratinger, T.; Sutherland, L-A.; McKee, A. (2017) Research for AGRI Committee - Young farmers - policy implementation after the 2013 CAP reform., Scientific Report to European Parliament Directorate-General for Internal Policies. Policy Department B Structure and Cohesion Policies. Agriculture and Rural Development, Brussels, 72pp.
- Shortall, S.; Sutherland, L-A.; McKee, A.; Hopkins, J. (2017) Women in farming and the agriculture sector., Final Report for the Environment and Forestry Directorate, Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) Division, Scottish Government, 9 June 2017, 184pp.
- Barlagne, C.; Sutherland, L.-A. (2017) Non-commercial farming in Scotland., Report for Deliverable 2.4.2.
- Kyle, C.; Sutherland, L.-A. (2017) Smallflocks and biosecurity - preliminary report., Report for Scottish Government.
- Duckett, D.; Creaney, R.; Sutherland, L.A. (2015) Crofters and their advisory services: an analysis of crofters and their advisory services on Skye, Harris and Lewis., Report produced for ProAKIS European Project, 2 November 2015. The James Hutton Institute, 12pp.
- Sutherland, L-A. (2014) FarmPath final report., Formal submission to European Commission and FarmPath web-site.
- Sutherland, L-A. (2014) FarmPath second periodic report., Formal submission to European Commission.
- McKee, A.J.; Sutherland, L.A.; Lilly, A.; Aitkenhead, M.; Campbell, C. (2014) On-farm assessment of soil carbon status., Self-published Report for Quality Meat Scotland and research participants; to be published on JHI website.
- Miller, D.R.; Birnie, R.V.; Dunn, S.M.; Hough, R.L.; Morrice, J.; Roberts, D.; Stutter, M.I.; Sutherland, L-A.; Towers, W. (2013) Review of renewable energy research at the James Hutton Institute., Report to Scottish Government.
- Sutherland, L.A. (2013) FarmPath Midterm Report., European Commission. Report includes progress on all work packages and collating financial justification forms for the 9 member consortium.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Peter, S.; Zagata, L. (2012) On-farm renewable energy production., Information sheet for FarmPath project. Circulated at various events.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Holstead, K.L.; Brown, C.; Schwarz, G. (2012) On-farm wind energy production in Aberdeenshire., Information sheet for FarmPath project. Circulated at various events.
- McKee, A.; Sutherland, L. (2021) Why land ownership matters Land ownership, land reform and new entrant access to land in Scotland , Conference presentation at Royal Geographical Society Conference - Session: Value/s, space and place in geography.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Madureira, L.; Dirimanova, V.; Bogusz, M.; Kania, J.; Vinohradnik, K.; Creaney, R.; Duckett, D.; Koehnen, T.; Knierim, A. (2016) New knowledge networks of small-scale farmers in Europe’s periphery., 12th European IFSA Symposium, Workshop: Generating spaces for innovation in agricultural and rural development, Harper Adams University, 12-15 July 2016.
- Duckett, D.; McKee, A.; Sutherland, L.A.; Kyle, C. (2015) Scenario planning as a communicative action., Policy and Politics Annual Conference, University of Bristol, 15-16 September 2015.
- Sutherland, L.A. (2014) Images of the idyl. Creating and maintaining lifestyle landscapes in Scotland., Presentation to Les Campagnes: Espaces d’innovation dans un monde urbain, Nantes, 3 June 2014.
- McKee, A.; Holstead, K.L.; Sutherland, L.A.; Pinto-Correia, T.; Guimaraes, H. (2014) 'Shift happens': co-constructing transition pathways towards the regional sustainability of agriculture in Europe., 11th European IFSA (International Farming Systems Association) Symposium, Berlin, Germany, 1-4 April 2014
- Sutherland, L.A.; Burton, R.J.F. (2011) Can we trust the neighbours? Using cultural capital to build social capital in Scotland., The XXIV European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, "Inequality and Diversity in European Rural Areas", Chania, Greece, 22-25 August 2011.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Flanigan, S. (2011) Transdisciplinarity in practice: experiences in the FarmPath project., The XXIV European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, "Inequality and Diversity in European Rural Areas", Chania, Greece, 22-25 August 2011.
- Darnhofer, I.; Sutherland, L.A. (2011) Advancing the conceptualisation of transition in farming systems., International Conference on Sustainability Transitions, 2nd, Lund, Sweden, 13-15 June 2011.
- Sutherland, L.A. (2010) GILDED work package one report: Stakeholder advisory groups and research dissemination., European Commission, July 2010.
- Sutherland, L.A. (2010) 'Lifestyle' farming: implications of non-commercial agriculturalists for a sustainable countryside., Farming for a Sustainable Countryside Symposium, Royal Geographical Society, University of Essex, 12-15 July, 2010.
- Sutherland, L.A. (2010) FarmPath: Farming transitions: Pathways towards regional sustainability of agriculture in Europe., Confronting the Challenges of the Post Crisis Global Economy and Environment, Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geography Annual Conference, London, 1 - 3 September, 2010.
- Polhill, J.G.; Galan-Diaz, C.R.; Gotts, N.M.; Craig, T.; Marshall, K.; Sutherland, L-A.; Kriel, A.; Fischer, A. (2010) The ODDness of modelling: early experiences from a transdisciplinary modelling exercise., Third World Congress on Social Simulation (WCSS 2010), University of Kassel, Germany, 6-9 September 2010.
- Sutherland, L.A.; Brown, K.M. (2007) Strength in numbers? The neighbourhood effect in English organic farms., European Society for Rural Sociology Conference, XXII, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 20-24 August 2007.
- Small, L.A. (2006) Modelling social networks: An application for rural sociology?, The XII International Summer School, The Empire of Rules and the Ethics of Social Networks, Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia, Italy, 28 August - 8 September 2006.
- Small, L.A. (2006) The natural order of things? Why privatisation did not lead to family farming in Russia., Rural Sociology Society Annual Meeting, Louisville Kentucky, 10-13 August 2006.
PhD Student
- Senna Middelveld (2012+) A Sociology of Farm-Level Animal Disease Awareness, Knowledge and Practices. Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen
